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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102001419
Garden City Elementary School
4037 Kessler Ave, Garden City, GA 31408 · (912) 395-6820 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
541 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
43.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 29.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.3% | 33.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Garden City Elementary School
Garden City Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Elementary School this school | 597 | 90.6% | 31.5% |
| New Holland Leadership Academy Gainesville | 573 | 83.9% | 30.2% |
| Lockheed Elementary School Marietta | 734 | 90.1% | 22.0% |
| House Elementary School Conyers | 623 | 91.5% | 28.9% |
| Russell Elementary School Smyrna | 568 | 94.9% | 29.2% |
| Park Street Elementary School Marietta | 476 | 92.4% | 29.4% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Garden City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #762 of 1,208 | #14 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #557 of 1,215 ▲ 293 | #9 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #851 of 1,215 ▲ 140 | #17 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #227 of 1,183 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #607 of 1,324 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #613 of 1,301 | #19 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #679 of 1,301 | #19 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #574 of 1,312 | #9 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.3% | #45 of 386 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
597
+233 (+64%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 597 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 91% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 86% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 88% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 73% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 801 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 88% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 88% (589) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 71% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (448 to 597); teachers up 13% (40 to 45).
About Garden City Elementary School
Garden City Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Garden City, Georgia. There are 597 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Savannah-Chatham County runs Garden City Elementary School along with 57 other schools, enrolling 36,355 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Garden City Elementary School, about 60 are Hispanic. It is also 30% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Chatham County's residents are about 8% Hispanic, 52 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Garden City Elementary School scores 54%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. In all, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
Garden City Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.5% for Garden City Elementary School. The school posts 31.5%, within a point of the prediction.
Looking at the county, Chatham County, the median household earns about $71,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Chatham County has 60 public schools with about 36,380 students, including Garden City Elementary School.
Garden City Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Mercer Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Garden City Elementary School is ahead of the 27.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21 the school reported 364 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 597. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.7:1 to 13.3:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Garden City Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,879
Census ACS
Median income
$71,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
36,380 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Savannah-Chatham County
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- New Hampstead K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,118 students
Other schools in Garden City
- Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Mercer Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
Other Garden City Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Garden City Elementary. Garden City Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Garden City Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 727 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 390 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN CENTER, MN · 366 students
- Garden City ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 302 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGARDEN CITY, TX · 136 students
Nearby schools
- Mercer Middle School1.3 mi · 512
- Groves High School1.3 mi · 1,469
- Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School1.6 mi · 694
- Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center2.1 mi · 25
- Otis J Brock III Elementary School2.3 mi · 568
- Butler Elementary School3.0 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Garden City Elementary SchoolHow large is Garden City Elementary School?
Garden City Elementary School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Garden City Elementary School serve?
Garden City Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Garden City Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Garden City Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garden City Elementary School?
At Garden City Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 60% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Garden City Elementary School?
Garden City Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.